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    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      Coronavirus treatment
      Covid antiviral drug linked to ‘transmissible’ mutations, research finds

      Big-selling molnupiravir treatment produces permanent mutations that can be passed from patient to patient

      An experimental COVID-19 treatment pill, called molnupiravir
    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      UK universities
      Investment in UK university spinouts falls after decade of growth

      Country’s biggest investor in businesses commercialising academic research calls for action to spur funding

      Parkwalk chief Moray Wright
    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      Space exploration
      Nasa spacecraft brings samples from asteroid to Earth

      Scientists hope rocks and dust taken from 4.7bn-year-old Bennu will provide clues to formation of solar system

    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Mental health
      Suppressing negative thoughts good for mental health, researchers find

      Cambridge university study contradicts common belief in psychology that it is better to talk about distressing ideas and memories

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    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      DeepMind uses AI to predict harmful genetic mutations in humans

      First example of artificial intelligence helping to accelerate diagnosis of diseases caused by genetic variants

      An artist’s illustration of how artificial intelligence can predict patterns in biology
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Technology
      Can AI help us speak to animals?

      Microphones and machine learning are being deployed to understand the non-human world

    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      The best books of the week
      Heated debate — notable new books on climate and the environment

      Writers tackle themes such as the roles of capitalism and ideology in the future of the planet

    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      Coronavirus
      WHO chief pushes China for ‘full access’ to solve Covid’s origins

      Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says health body is ready to send second mission as Omicron variants drive rise in cases

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    • Saturday, 16 September, 2023
      ExplainerNatural disasters
      Catastrophic Libyan flooding fuelled by warming oceans

      An intense cyclone known as a ‘medicane’ led to more than 400mm of rain falling in 24 hours

    • Saturday, 16 September, 2023
      ObituaryKaren Bakker
      Karen Bakker, scientist and author, 1971-2023

      Her boundary-pushing work on how animals communicate was just one part of her considerable legacy

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    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      FT MagazineTim Harford
      The art of making good mistakes

      Neither organisations nor people can learn from their errors if they deny mistakes ever happened

    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Aerospace & Defence
      Nasa signals turn to data-driven approach in search for UFOs

      US space agency may enlist ‘citizen scientists’ in drive to find out more about unexplained anomalous phenomena

      Gimbal is one of three US military videos of unidentified aerial phenomenon that has been through the official declassification review process of the United States government and has been approved for public release
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special Report
      FT Health: Communicable Diseases

      Climate change helps the spread of infectious diseases. Plus: rise in fungal infections highlights risks of antimicrobial resistance; Sydney shows how to almost eliminate HIV transmission; wait goes on for effective Long Covid treatments

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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
      Wait goes on for effective long Covid treatments

      Unlike the vaccine race, there is limited funding to treat a condition that is often debilitating

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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
      The microbiome: a benign infection to help keep disease at bay

      Huge resources devoted to examining links with illness

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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
      Lessons not learnt from Covid-19

      Policymakers are failing to address the likelihood of another pandemic

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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
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      We need transformational change to be ready for the next pandemic

      Leaders must treat these risks as existential — one of very few threats that can change the world in days

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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
      In charts: Threat from infectious diseases eases across the world

      Illnesses such as cancer and heart disease supplant likes of HIV

    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
      Rise in fungal infections illustrates risks of antimicrobial resistance

      Drug resistance is not just a problem with bacteria

      A microscopic image of a yeast that causes infections
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Earth outside ‘safe operating zone’ for humans in crucial areas, scientists find

      Limits of 6 out of 9 planetary boundaries have been breached, study says

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    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Moderna
      Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine shows promising results

      Trial finds latest version elicited better immune response than existing jabs

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    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Anjana Ahuja
      The rush to outpace Covid variants

      At least three descendants of Omicron have scientists on alert and vaccination programmes speeding up

      Andy Carter illustration of a man running away from coronavirus proteins while pushing a shopping trolley with a vaccine syringe in it
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      Space industry
      Big Law follows private sector into space race

      DLA Piper is the latest firm to open a practice group dedicated to the rapidly growing industry

      A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites launches from the Kennedy Space Center
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      Maternal health
      Low-cost health measures could drive big fall in maternal mortality, says report

      Lives of 2mn mothers and babies could be saved by 2030 with small innovations in care, says Gates Foundation

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    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      UK politics
      UK scientists call on Sunak to back deep-sea mining ‘moratorium’

      Letter expresses concerns about the nascent industry’s environmental impact

      Activists protest against deep sea mining in the Pacific
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